It is the intention of the eSSIF-Lab project to develop this functional architecture into a generic, and common basis that parties from different backgrounds can use e.g. for:
A **pattern-file** is a file that describes a %%pattern|pattern%%. To faciliate authors, a self-explanatory [template file](/terminology-engine-v1-templates/pattern-file.md) is available.
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This pattern captures the foundational concepts and relations that we need for creating, maintaining and using vocabularies (terminologies) that groups of people can use for the specific purposes they pursue. Alternatively, we need these concepts to allow people to use 'decentralized vocabularies' that %%parties|party%% may create, maintain and use in a self-sovereign fashion - which means that each of them decides for itself what terms to use in what meaning, yet be able to communicate with other such %%parties|party%% in such a way that a correct understanding of what the other means, can more or less be guaranteed.